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chase tower
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2008-09-18 18:47 UTC
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| Most downtown Houston buildings had a broken window or two as a result of Hurricane Ike, but for some reason the Chase Tower, the tallest building in Texas, had a whole bunch of broken windows, but mostly just on one side, and only up the 40th floor or so (it has about 75 floors). |
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flying saucer? Or flying glass? |
Also, other, much shorter buildings in the area show significant damage, but pretty much all facing inward toward a block that's adjacent to the Chase tower and to each of the other buildings. (note, the picture to the left shows the Flying Saucer bar/pub kind of place (who knew it was a chain?) - a popular downtown drinking establishment. I guess you can't see the sign in the picture :( ) |
| Most (but not all) glass has been swept off the streets and sidewalks, but some areas still have a lot of debris |
glass, glass, and what else? |
Doh! |
your investigative reporter could not gain access to the roof of this parking garage, which inhabits the block that is facing the damaged buildings, but sources say that it was paved with loose gravel. (edit: the same sources say that it may have been a different parking garage in the same area) |
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dead crape myrtle
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2008-09-18 00:14 UTC
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bummer! This was one of two really tall crape myrtle trees that got uprooted. They had to shop at the big and tall crape myrtle store. The other one is only half uprooted, so I'm trying to talk myself into trying to save it by pulling it back upright (with some sort of big truck and bracing it. It's still alive after 5 days in that position, so I figure it's still got some good roots). |
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